Latinopia’s blogger Luis R. Torres has recently published a biography of Mexican American education activist Vahac Mardirosian. It was Mardirosian who led the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee, the activist group made up of parents, teachers and students following the 1968 East Los Angeles high school Walk-outs. In later years Mardirosian founded the Parent Institute for Quality Education, an organization that trains parents on how to effectively champion the education of their children with the school system. Latinopia is proud to showcase this promotional video on the book Doña Julia’s Children.